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The dinner ended in a cloud of tension.
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On the drive home, Lysander steered in stony silence while Navier gazed out the window, feeling
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nothing but emptiness.
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Then came the screech of tires.
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Both looked up to see a car careening out of control straight toward their lane.
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Before Navier could react, there was a deafening crash. Their car lurched violently, then everything
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spun.
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Navier’s head slammed against the window. Darkness rushed in, swallowing her whole.
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Somewhere in the haze, she heard Lysander’s ragged breathing.
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Forcing her eyes open, she saw his arm stretched across her body as if to shield her.
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A flicker of warmth ignited in her chest.
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But the next moment, her heart turned to ice.
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Lysander wasn’t shielding her at all–he was protecting the necklace lying next to her–the one Ophelia Belmont had given him.
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Blood smeared across the delicate silver chain, and Lysander didn’t even seem to notice his own
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injuries.
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A thin crack ran through the necklace. His eyes flashed with distress as he pulled out his phone and
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made a call.
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restoration expert. I
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felt an indescribable wave of desolation
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called an ambulance. Instead, he staggered out of the car, focused only on repairing that
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blurred, her body giving
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thing she saw before
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operating room, harsh lights shone
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of consciousness, she heard a nurse’s anxious voice. “We can’t reach
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in this condition?
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twisted Navier’s
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anything associated with her
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his wife’s
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sign… myself…” Navier whispered,
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no
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blood–covered hand and shakily signed her name
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felt like it drained the last of
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how much time had passed when she finally woke
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in all that time–Lysander never
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busy with the necklace’s restoration. He had no time for
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still far from healed. She
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wheelchair.
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he had a severely injured wife from the accident.
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